[Montage of Zak's camera gear and diving equipment. Zak suits up and enters the water and swims through waves with his camera equipment. He returns to base camp and has a seat at a table where he places a laptop and a LaCie Rugged hard drive.]

[LaCie Rugged. Ultimate Storage for the Perfect Photo]

[Zak opens his laptop and begins to connect a Lacie Rugged hard drive.]

[Portable. Bus Powered via Thunderbolt and USB-C.]

[Zak inserts the thunderbolt cable attached to the LaCie Rugged to his laptop.]

[Bigger. Store up to 5TB of Content.]

[Computer monitor shows files being transfered from laptop to the LaCie Rugged.]

[Faster. Transfer Files in Seconds.]

[Progress bar shows files being transferred quickly.]

[Safer. Resists Sand, Water, and Drops.]

[LaCie Rugged is covered in water and sand as it's being handled. Zak brushes off the hard drive, disconnects the LaCie Rugged and places it in one shipping envelope, soon after opening another which contains a surf magazine featuring his photography.

[LaCie Rugged. Toughest in the Field. Fast and Secure Anywhere.

[Camera pans to reveal the final shot of the LaCie Rugged.

Overview

The LaCie Rugged USB-C portable drive combines rugged durability with cutting-edge USB-C connectivity. The result is a secure vault for your data that’s compatible with the latest MacBook Pro models as well as other USB computers. It offers impressive storage capacity for its size, giving you plenty of space to store your digital present — and future. As a result, you can use the LaCie Rugged USB-C as a shuttle drive to transport footage from set to post-production, or to store a huge Lightroom library.

For additional protection from the unexpected, this drive comes with two years of Rescue Data Recovery Service. If your drive should stop working, LaCie recovers the data and returns it to you on a new piece of external storage. Also includes 24/7 online case status tracking. With this service, your equipment is eligible for one In-Lab Data Recovery attempt during the term of coverage.*

Highlights

New USB-C connector for the latest MacBook Pro models

Included USB 3.0 adapter

Bus-powered for mobile workflows

Drop-, crush- and rain-resistant for all-terrain use

Time Machine compatible

Easy cross-platform formatting utility

Includes two years of Rescue Data Recovery Service*

What’s in the Box

LaCie Rugged USB-C Portable Drive

USB-C (USB 3.1, 5 Gbps) cable

USB-C to USB-A cable

Quick install guide

Tech Specs

Other Features: Data Encryption, Time Machine compatible

Connections: USB-C

Power Source: Bus Powered

Height: 1.87 cm/0.74 in.

Length: 13.51 cm/5.32 in.

Width: 8.6 cm/3.39 in.

Weight: 99.79 g

System Requirements

Operating System: OS X v10.5 or later, Windows 7 or later

Hard Drive: 600MB free hard-drive space

Manufacturer Information

Part Number

Mfr. Part Number: STFR2000400

UPC or EAN No.: 3660619400157

Warranty

Note: Apple’s one-year limited warranty does not apply to products that are not Apple-branded, even if they are packaged or sold with Apple products. Non–Apple-branded products may have the benefit of a manufacturer’s warranty provided by the product manufacturer. Please see the product box and literature for details. Rights under the product manufacturer’s warranty are in addition to any rights you have under Australian consumer law.

Manufacturer Note

*With this service, your equipment is eligible for one (1) in-lab Data Recovery attempt during the term of coverage. Pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Service Plan.

Failed after 5 months

This drive worked great until it failed. It would no longer mount and made clicking noises. Thankfully, this Apple Store version includes a data recovery warran
This drive worked great until it failed. It would no longer mount and made clicking noises. Thankfully, this Apple Store version includes a data recovery warranty from Seagate, and they successfully recovered my data. But who wants to deal with that?

Written by Andrew K from Los Angeles

26/07/2018

22 of 24 people found this useful

Is this review useful?Failed after 5 months

1.0 out of 5 stars

AWFUL! Broke within a few hours.

Bought to use as off-site backup. Copied my data to it using about half the capacity (took about 6 hours) & it kept disconnecting from my iMac & bleeping every
Bought to use as off-site backup. Copied my data to it using about half the capacity (took about 6 hours) & it kept disconnecting from my iMac & bleeping every few seconds.
I would NOT recommend this drive, I would give it zero stars if I could & I shall be returning mine for a refund.

Written by Simon B from Long Eaton

19/05/2018

16 of 24 people found this useful

Is this review useful?AWFUL! Broke within a few hours.

1.0 out of 5 stars

Can't encrypt or password protect without doing command-line stuff

Bought this as my existing LaCie was about full. Got home, plugged it in, and everything seemed to work great. Except that I couldn't encrypt and password pro
Bought this as my existing LaCie was about full. Got home, plugged it in, and everything seemed to work great. Except that I couldn't encrypt and password protect it like my old model. After some slugging around online I came across this:
"The problem was that my new drive (La Cie Rugged Thunderbolt from the Apple Store) came with a master boot record partition map and not GUID. If a drive is not GUID, neither the partition button nor the encryption settings are available in the graphical Disk Utility, which is why we're forced to use the command-line diskutil to partition first."
Are you kidding me? If you say it will work with Apple, make it work with Apple without having to go through that kind of baloney. Mine's on its way back to the store.

Written by Kevin M from MORRO BAY

16/01/2018

81 of 155 people found this useful

Is this review useful?Can't encrypt or password protect without doing command-line stuff

5.0 out of 5 stars

Have 4 of them and they are great

I have brought 4 of these for work handling heavy video editing and they all have been great so far. Seem to handle everything we've ever thrown at them.

Written by Aarron C from Wellington

31/01/2019

Is this review useful?Have 4 of them and they are great

5.0 out of 5 stars

Durable and Convenient

Have had my 1TB for about six years now - still working like a champ. Just used it to transfer files and apps after buying a new MacBook. No issues.
I orig
Have had my 1TB for about six years now - still working like a champ. Just used it to transfer files and apps after buying a new MacBook. No issues.
I originally bought it because that's what the Genius Bar was using when I brought my Mac in for some help.
The only reason I'd replace it is if I needed to upgrade to more storage. And I'd definitely buy a LaCie again.

Written by PandA S from Manitou Springs

02/01/2019

0 of 1 people found this useful

Is this review useful?Durable and Convenient

1.0 out of 5 stars

Failed after 5 months

This drive worked great until it failed. It would no longer mount and made clicking noises. Thankfully, this Apple Store version includes a data recovery warran
This drive worked great until it failed. It would no longer mount and made clicking noises. Thankfully, this Apple Store version includes a data recovery warranty from Seagate, and they successfully recovered my data. But who wants to deal with that?

Answer

No, it is a standard HDD (Hard Disk Drive) like most other hard drives on the market, however this o
No, it is a standard HDD (Hard Disk Drive) like most other hard drives on the market, however this one has a USB-C connection. I'm not sure if the USB-C connection will act as Thunderbolt 3 when connected to a 2016 and newer MacBook Pro.